Jul 25, 2010
Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in moderate flooding on the Mississippi River from Rock Island to Gregory Landing.||At Rock Island, it crested around 17.2 feet around 1 pm July 27.|At Illinois City, it crested around 17.0 feet around 7 am July 28.|At Muscatine, it crested around 18.5 feet around 1 pm July 28.|At New Boston, it crested around 18.3 feet around 1 pm July 28.|At Keithsburg, it crested around 16.9 feet around 1 am July 29.|At Gladstone, it crested around 13.6 feet
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 252966). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Des Moines County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.